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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 44
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Joseph arranges to stop the return of his brethren to Canaan—Judah offers himself in place of Benjamin for their father’s sake.
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And</span> he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks <i>with</i> food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
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And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money.  And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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<i>And</i> when they were gone out of the city, <i>and</i> not <i>yet</i> far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
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<i>Is</i> not this <i>it</i> in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?  ye have done evil in so doing.
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&#182; And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?  God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
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Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
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With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
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And he said, Now also <i>let</i> it <i>be</i> according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
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Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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And he searched, <i>and</i> began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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Then they <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 1: 20; Eccl. 3: 7; Alma 46: 12 (12-23).">rent</a> their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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&#182; And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he <i>was</i> yet there: and they <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 37: 7 (7, 9-10); Gen. 42: 6; Gen. 43: 26 (26-28).">fell</a> before him on the ground.
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And Joseph said unto them, What deed <i>is</i> this that ye have done?  wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
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And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?  what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves?  God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we <i>are</i> my lord’s servants, both we, and <i>he</i> also with whom the cup is found.
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And he said, God forbid that I should do so: <i>but</i> the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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&#182; Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 20.">lord</a>, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/44/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 32: 22.">anger</a> burn against thy servant: for thou <i>art</i> even as Pharaoh.
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My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 42: 11 (11-13).">man</a>, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for <i>if</i> he should leave his father, <i>his father</i> would die.
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 5 (3-5).">brother</a> come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
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And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And our father said, Go again, <i>and</i> buy us a little food.
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And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 3.">youngest</a> brother <i>be</i> with us.
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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two <i>sons:</i>
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And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 37: 33.">torn</a> in <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/44/28b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 46: 24.">pieces</a>; and I saw him not since:
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And if ye <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 42: 36 (36-38).">take</a> this also from me, and mischief befall <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/44/29b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 42: 4; Gen. 49: 27 (26-28); Josh. 18: 11 (11-28).">him</a>, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad <i>be</i> not with us; seeing that his life is <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 18: 1.">bound</a> up in the lad’s life;
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It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad <i>is</i> not <i>with us,</i> that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 42: 38.">sorrow</a> to the grave.
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For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/44/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 9.">blame</a> to my father for ever.
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Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad <i>be</i> not with me?  lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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